Have you ever experienced having pica? And no, pica is not only a condition for the autistic and mentally retarded. Pica is defined as a compulsive craving for eating, licking, or chewing non-nutritive food and non-food items. Examples of these things that people with pica crave for include ice, paint chips, glue, chalk, cigarette ashes, …
I love to ask the “what if” question. What if the world was different? What if we thought about the world in a different way? What if I decided to change the way the world thinks? I like the thought-provoking what if questions: • If you had only 24 hours to live, what would you …
It’s very difficult to pinpoint one component that “causes” an eating disorder. The disordered eating may begin with a diet, which gets out of hand, and out of control. It could begin after a person has been ill or had surgery, and the accompanying weight loss feels good, or is supported by positive comments from …
Eating disorders are not easy to detect. The patient will not dramatically change with regard to body weight. It is only as the eating disorder progresses that changes will become visible. For early detection of eating disorder, the change in habits of the patient should be regarded with concern. The first signs of an eating …
By Esther Rothblum For several decades, scholars in the social sciences have shown that when it comes to people’s attitudes about weight in the United State, thin is good and fat is bad. Fat people suffer from harassment and discrimination; thin people live in fear that they will gain weight and lose status. The scholarly …
Everyone checks their body to some extent, but many people with eating disorders repeatedly check their body and often in a way that’s unusual. Sometimes body and weight checking becomes second nature and many individuals with eating disorders don’t even realize they’re doing it,” said Dena Cabrera, PsyD, psychologist at Remuda Programs for Eating and …
Through the eyes of one woman, War Zones investigates four important male bodies—those of her father, her first sexual partner, her husband, and her son. These bodies are at war with themselves in the form of Alzheimer’s, bipolar disorder, anorexia, and bulimia. Synthesizing poetry and drama, War Zones shows how one woman’s growth from five …
THE PROBLEM on eating disorder is a problem shared by many nations in this problem. One factor that contributes to the increasing number of people inflicted with eating problem is the lack of information on this medical ailment. Despite the presence of modern tools of communication, many people are still unaware on how to determine …
A number of studies show that the practice of vegetarianism is a risk factor for developing an eating disorder. It certainly is common in eating-disordered patients. Adolescents may use vegetarianism to express independence from parents. It may be a cover for reducing fat and caloric intake. Most important is to assess the family’s response to …
Even as teens and young adults who choose to be vegetarians reap a number of benefits — including a healthier overall diet and a decreased risk of obesity — some may also have a higher risk of eating disorders such as binge eating. In a new study released in the Journal of the American Dietetic …
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